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Morning journal and courier., 1887-04-19

The bill in the Illinois legislature to pre-
 vent aliens from becoming landholders in that State is aimed at William Scully, an Irishman, who is said to have initiated in Illinois the practices that have made Eng fish landlords objects of hatred in Ireland. Scully owns in the State from 75, ,000 to 100,- 900 acres, which are titled by wretched ten ants upon almost hopeless terms. The leases are said to contain some of the worst features If the Irish leases in use ten years ago.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-04-19

A Buffalo man has Invented devlce which he thinks will prevent the spread of fire through elevator shafts. His idea is to erect stand pipe in one corner of the shaft with branches of perforated pipe of smaller size surrounding the well at each hoor The water can be turned into each of these perforated pipes simultaneously by lever at point remote from the elevator, thus filling the shaft with g shower of spray which he thinks will check the flames at that point
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20

condition of go per cent. and Montcalm
reports above the average. From KEN
lucky, Murphyburg, Nelson and Trimble
counties report the condition at 100
per cent, Whitley county 80 per cent,
Crittenden and Lawrence fair and
Webster good. Seven counties in Mis-
souri, report an average condition of 108
per cent; three report good and one be
low the average. From Kansas eight
counties report an average condition of
20 per cent. Chsutauqua reports the
condition good; Nesser reports good, and
Cherokee damaged by chinchbugs. Re
ports from the winter wheat counties IN
Wisconsin indicate condition of 10 to
so per cent.
The spring wheat growing territory
gives the following figures: Ten Iowa
counties report the average condition 90
per cent, two report good, one above the
average and one below. From Minnesota
nine counties report the condition fair to
good. Seven counties in Dakota report
the full average condition, and the same
is true of six counties reporting from
Nebraska. While the showing on the
whole is fairly good up to the time these
reports were forwarded, it remains fact
that the continued dry weather will
materially reduce these percentages of
condition. Throughout almost the entire
territory covered by our reports meadows
and pastures are reported as needing rain.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20

THAI dirty letter of Rosser's, the Confederate
cavalrymsn whom General Sheridan scourged
Ike a whipped hound out of the valley of the
Shenandoah, is Of no earthly use except to
show how far an unrepentant and unrecon-
etructed rebel can abuse the clemency of the
government under which he lives, and prove
false to his own oath of fealty.-FSan Antonio
Light
We commend the above to the New
York Tribune, the Philadelphia Press,
Chicago Inter-Ocean, St. Louis Globe
Democrat and Cincinnati Commercial
It Will be observed that the paragraph is
taken from Texas newspaper; and yet
the south is charged with political pro,
scrintion.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
Weekly Crop Summary.

CHICAGO, ILL, May 15.-Following is
the weekly crop summary printed by the
Farmers Review: Our reports for the
past week show that while some localities
were favored with sessonsble rains,
others and q greater number are needing
rain and that in its continued absence
crops will suffer seriously.
Reports on the condition of winter
wheat continue fairly favorable. Four
teen counties in Illinois report an aver
age condition of 80 per cent. Marion
and Williamson report injury by chinch
bugs, and Curey from drouth. In
Indiana, Clay, La Porte and Crawford
counties report the condition at 100 per
cent; Hendricks, st. Joseph and Parke
as good; Ohio as fair, and Noble as poor.
In Ohio the average condition in six
Counties reporting by percentages is IS
per cent. Brown county reports the con-
dition fair to good and Clinton good. In
Michigan six counties report an average
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20

circumstances, will rebound to the in
terest of the city and country. When our
home people begin to realize that the
days of the cowpony and the lariat are
passed and that we are face to face with
fierce struggle for commercial
supremacy, if not existence, the
benefits which may be accomplished
are incalculable. When the producing
masses of Texas, and the south generally
for that matter, cease paying tribute to
eastern manufacturers and railroad cor
porations, 8 new ers of prosperity will
dawn upon US, such as has never before
been witnessed. The idea of Texas send
ing her raw material to New England, or
Old England, to be manufactured into
marketable commodities, and buying back
these articles after they have run the
gauntlet of q score of brokers and middle
men, is the sheerest sort OF economic
madness. What the railroads make on
freights, what the manufacturer makes
for his labor and profits; what the COM
mission merchant, the wholesale mer-
chant, the broker and the Spectator
makes, could be saved to the producer, or
at least to the state by having our raw
material worked up at home. There is
not manufacturing enterprise in the
state that is not paying handsome inter-
est on the capital invested, and why we
have not more of them is surely wonder.
In Fort Worth we should have oil, cotton
and wooden factories, canning factories,
and 8 host of other enterprises. 1t
is possible that these will come to
US if we wait for them, but when we con-
slider that other cities are making strenu-
Gus efforts to secure these enterprises,
we cannot feel too certain. 1t is en-
couraging to see that our people are not
only bestirring themselves TO invite out
siders to join US, but that they are taking
hold of the matter themselves with aview
of developing the resources of the country.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20

Bowie Cross Timbers.

The Fort Worth GAZETTE is resp5
sible for a very serious reflection up.
the editor of the Cross Timbers. a.
prohibition meeting in our town Is
week we were suggested as q commi-.e
man to assist in organizing the pTeCiL
into prohibition clubs. Now, we rs
always been in active sympathy with z
movement, and in uDmistakable lsngua.
dedicated the Timbers to the cause,
the early days of the campaign. "
attended, as delegate, the county mss
meeting, and was on that ocCas..
made q member of the committee
resolutions, yet after all this evide1l
our position On the amendment was G1s
toned by a felIow-townsman because IL
GAZETTE has not seen proper to pll-s
in the list of prohibition papers.
GAZETTE has done US e great iDju7
and we ask that it devote 8 whole c0---
to. an apology, closing with the deca.
ton that the editor Of the Cross Tin 4
is an avowed Prohibitionist, and SEND
special marked copy to J. R. I-2:I
Bowie, Tex. This will supersede the 7
cessity OF cur parading the streets Of 4
city with banner, inscribed: ave @-'
Prohi0itionist"
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
"SCOURGE 'EM BACK"

In accepting the Garfield statute from
its patriotic donors, President Cleveland
took advantage of a most suspicious OPP
portunity to rebuke those Importunate
mortals who have mania for office. He
understands, as perhaps no other man
can, the extent to which this "mad chase
af er partisan spoilsn can reach, and its
effects upon the people. He expressed
the sentiments of every thoughtful and
patriotic citizen when he said that it was
our duty to hunt down those hateful and
unnatural things, snd purge forever
from our political methods, and from the
operation of our. government, i'm
projections which give birth to passionate
and bloody thoughts. His words were
words fifty spoken. People unacquainted
with Washington life, with its intrigues, Its
scheming, it's sycophancy, its begging,
conniving and plotting; its heat and rush
and scramble can form but feeble esti-
mate of the true condition of affairs.
Washington, while it receives the bright
est and best of every nation, like the
shores of the mighty ocean, receives also
the debris and driftwood from the wrecks
and Castaways of every cline. 1t is a
cosmopolitan city. Every state is repre-
sented by its little army of spoil hunters,
who crowd every avenue and thorough
fare, every threshold and public place.
They are all there for one purpose. They
came to obtain place and pelf, lie nestly if
possible, but to obtain it. Every hour of
the day, and through the still watches of
the night, this restless, anxious horde IS
assaulting the citadel of public patronage
with the hope of carrying of q prize. The
few who succeed after prolonged and
wearisome effort in securing place en-
courage the rest and stimulate them to
redoubled exertion. Many grow despond-
ent and we hear of suicides, others
grow desperate and we have
Guitesus. Doubtless many good men
and good women are to be found among
the number, but they are in poor CON-
pany. The avocation of spoil hunting
should be discouraged. Those who lose
their self-respect so far as to attempt to
force themselves upon the nation should
be taught that their room is much pref
cradle to their company. President
Cleveland should be assisted and en-
couraged by every man holding public
Office in his laudable effort to drive back
this angry wave of mendicants who, being
unable to do anything for themselves,
imagine their services are OF inestimable
value to the public.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20

WITH hearty cooperation Tarrant
county and Fort Worth will prosper as
never before. The growth of one means
the growth and prosperity of the other
With 90, GOO people in Fort Worth, every
acre of land in Tarrant county would be
worth Eve times as much as
now, to hold and cultivates1 "A
home market for the smaller prs
ducts of the farmer adds 10 st5e
chance Of profS in farming and to his com.
fort and possessions. Every farmer in
Tsrrant county ought to work for 100000
people in Fort Worth. Both town and
country will go forward or backward-to
pether.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
A Cyclone.

BLUE SPRINGS, NEB., May ia ter
rife cyclone swept over this town last
evening blowing down the school house
which is a complete wreck. The school
had been dismissed few minutes before
and the only occupant was w. II. Ram :
bsugh, the janitor. The falling debris
broke five of mis- ribs, mashed his breast
and broke his leg in two places. He Will
die. About o'clock lightning struck
Emanuel Basoris' residence, killing his
daughter Mamie, aged 20. The bolt
struck her on the breast bone. She was
sitting on lounge looking out OF the
window,
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
HOME MDHSTRIEG.

The meeting of our citizens at the
courthouse Wednesday night for the pur-
pose of perfecting an organized effort to
secure manufacturing enterprises will
doubtless besr rich fruit. When the cap
itallst, the farmer and the mechanic join
hands and work in unison their power is
irresistible. The speeches made indi-
Gated Clearly that those present were
fully alive to the wants and necessities
OF the times, and the practical and bust
ness like suggestions made demonstrated
that these wants would soon be supplied.
This unity of action, coupled with an in
telhgent comprehension OF enyironing
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RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Rates of Advertising Furnished on Appn-
cation.

RsraittGnces 6y drGft, poSto6fce money order or
IN registered letter, at risk Of Office.
Correspondence is solicited upon ali HeirS Sud'
PROMPT IN formation Of eUentS and RerS happen
fnos OF general interest solicited.
IN Communications intended for publication
must h accompanied bU the critters name and al
e7reSS-aot for publication, but as an ertdeHce OF
5ozIfics 7~yifiug to THE GAZETTE on business
yeTSorl % themselves ciH please iRcose stamp for
TepIg. -
All letters or communications for THE GAZETTE
7,5stbs, on business or for publication should be
addressed 10 THE GAZETTE or DEMOCRAT PUB
LIsHING Co, Fort Worth, Ter. AND NOT TO
INDIVIDUALS.
should be ncde payable to the DEMOCRAT PUB
LISTING Co.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
a Man who is Always Eating.

There is funny little old man in Is
sex, Mass, who is always eating. Three
meals day are only an aggravatlon to
his appetite. he will rise at o'clock in
the morning and eat slice of meat, some
eggs, several pieces of bread, cut of ham,
and perhaps few potatoes. At o'clock
he eats 3 hearty breakfast. at 8 he has
another. About 10 he begins to grow
hungry again. And so, like an avenging
Nemesis, hunger curses him day and
night. He!is always craving food, end
yet more than one reputable physician
SAYS The man is perfectly well.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20

HENRY GEORGES heart bleeds to
divide the land of those who have it
with those who have it not, through q
plan of taxation that concesls the main
purpose. Henry George also charges
SIS night for lecturing and, it is said,
has never been known to stand at the
door and give back any of the quarters
70 needy ticket purchasers. What man
has in this world, he must earn with his
brains or muscle, and for his lack OF
either Of these society is not at fault.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
About Abbott.

Special to the Gazette.
ABBOTT, TEX, Mey 15.-Another good
rain tell here this morning and pros
poets are favorable for more of ittO-night.
The farmers and stockmen will soon have
to acknowledge there is plenty of rain
once more. Crop prospects were never
more fattering than they are at this
season of the year, although the grain
crop is not considered as good as usual,
but there will be fair yield
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20

LET'S see, Fort Worth has the largest
building west of the Mississippi, the
largest wholesale merchant west of the
Mississippi, the best system of water
works in the state, the best system OF
sewerage in the state, the finest streets,
the greatest number of railroads and the
best prospects of any city in Texas.
and then she has artesisn wells which
furnish her water-pure, fresh water.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
Around Dublin.

Special to the Gazette.
DUBLIN, Tex, May lon account
of the fine rains recently everybody is
busy in their crop and consequently not
much business in town now.
The oat and wheat crops through this
section will not be an entire failure, as
we hear number of farmers saying they
will make from fifty to sixty bushels of
oats and ten to fifteen bushels of wheat
20 the acre, this will be an immense help
to this county.
The citizens of our town feeling thank
full for the copious rains that have re-
Gently fallen, held thanksgiving service
at the Baptist church to-day at II O'Clock,
8. N.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
Discovered a Comet.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 14.-PrOfessor
E. E. Barnard of Vanderbilt Observatory
discovered another comet, located be-
tween Centure and Scorpion, and is
moving slowly toward the northeaseS u
is rather faint and OF, about the eleySRth
magnitude, and has ner1eieus1rtail. It
is beyond the earth's orbit,
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
In the No,ghborhood of wylfe.

Special to the Gazette.
WYLIE, TEX, May 15.-Wheat is ripen-
ing very fast around Wylie and the reap
ers will be going in a few days. The
crop is finer than has been known for
years, good judges of such matters say
ing the yield will average twenty bushels
per acre. Oats are also promising, and
cotton and corn are in fine condition.
Another fine rain fell here this morning
accompanied by considerable hail.
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at HilIsboro.
Special to the Gazette.

Special 20 the GaZeLLe,
HILLsBoRo, TEX, May LIT rained
here this morning for two hours, giving
us a splendid rain, which will be of great
advantage to the oat crop.
Mr.. Clark, living on Church street, and
his horse were knocked senseless by a
current of electricity. His barn was also
struck but little injured. Mr.. Clark re-
covered consciousness at once, but it
was some time before his horse recovered.
Mr.. Blanchsrd's house on Walnut street
was also struck but was little damaged.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
In FastIand County.

Special to the Gazette
Cisco, TEX, May 15.-Another fine
rain fell here this morning. The constant
rains, since they have set in, has re-
stored confidence in the people and now
everybody is working for dear life to
raise big crop. 1t is estimated that
there will be larger amount of acreage
planted in corn and cotton in this country
than was ever planted before, and in con-
sequence of g failure in the wheat and oat
crops, 1t it believed a good corn and cot
ton crop will follow.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20

The Americas GA Recorder tells of
petrifed strawberry which was grown on
the place of the Messrs. Heys, near that
CITY, and VIII ch was watched carefully by
them during the stage of petrification.
After it had become hard it was taken to
jewellers and made into breastpin. 1t
is beautifully colored, and weighs about
two ounces,
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
In Parker County.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
WEATHERFoRD, TEX, May l5.-To-day
st IL O'Clock it began raining here and
continued until 3 O'Clock this afternoon.
This will make the wheat and oet crops,
and is almost enough for corn. This
county is sure of an abundant crop this
season. This rain WAS really not needed
here, and will be sufficient for good
while.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20

THE farmers Of Tarrant comfy mean
to have q boom Of their own. They are
adopting the right method to secure it.
When they establish a cotton factory and
g central cotton yard in Fort Worth, the
way will be open to them for other enter
prises. The farmers are learning that
they can do more with cotton than merely
nick il and haul it to town.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20

CHANGED conditions require change
OF methods. Why should the United
States admit to its shores the people who
fee from repression elsewhere to preach
and practice and breed ansrchy here?
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
WEATHER And CROPS.
Favorable Showing Made by the
Weekly Crop Summary. Winter and
Spring Wheat Promise Well,
Special Weather and Crop Bulletin for
Last Week-The Temperature and
Rainfall Favorable.
Blue Springs Neb.. Visited by a Cyclone
Young Woman Killed by Lightning.
Late Texas Rains.
In Erath County.
Correspondence of the Gazette.

correspondence OF inc Gd1tLLb'
STEPHENvILLE, TEX, May 13.-Last
Sunday night and Monday we had heavy
rains, and the peoples faces now are as
round as full moon, when a month ago
they were as long as yard stick.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20

It IS stated on good authority tina
AtchisOn-Gulf will shortly esta5lis1
principal Office for the entire system
livestock business in Fort Worth. ~
ly al their business of this kind vii
transacted in Fort Worth.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
REPUBLICANS AND PROHIBITION.
How the Chairman of the State Executive
Committee will Vote.
The following letter eynlains itself.

AUSTIN, TEX, May II, 1887.
Mr., Douglass Reeves, Chairman Republican
Clarksyille, Red River County, Texas
DEAR SIR-Y0urs of the 9th inst. re-
Ceived. 1t is evident the Republican
party will not be 8 unit on the prohibit
ton question. That question has never
been made test Of party fealty, or one
of planks in the Republican platform.
Hence l have not called the executive
committee together or consulted them
about what should be done. As for my
seIf,;I shall 60 for prohibition, believing
that il will do much good if it does not
accomplish all that its most ardent
friends hope. Very truly,
!, 81 JOIN B. RECTOR,
II Oh Rem FX Com of Texas
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20

THE farmers of Texas should know
where to find the best shipping facilities
and ought to establish their headquarters
at Fort Worth.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20

Fort WORTH may view the coming
summer with equanimity. Refreshed by
cool breezes and pure water, the city
waits the fall, and-the boom in all its
strength
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
At Midland
Special to the Gazette.

MIDLAND, TEX, May "a heavy rain
fell Immediately north of town yesterday
afternoon. Only q light shower fell at
this place, but good rain has fallen this
afternoon with prospect of continuing
during the night. Grass is growing
rapidly.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20

on HIS birthday Prince Bismarck re-
ceived d keg of beer rom every brewer
in Germany No wonder there is aferce
struggle Tor Office IN Europe.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
Around Waco.
ATOuuu "dCOs
Special to Ahe Gazette.

Special to me Gazette.
WACO, Tex, May 15.-Refreshing
showers have fallen here to-day, and the
prospects are good tonight for more
rain. Several picnic parties who had
sought the country csme home drenched.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
At MinsOla,

special TO the Oazette'
MINEoLA, TEX, May live have had
an abundance of rain and all are in good
spirits over the crop prospects.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
Around Big Springs.
Special to the Gazette.

Special 70 the Gazette,
BIG SPRINGS, Tex, May 15.-Copious
rains are reported to-day betweenyBaird
and Msrieneld, distance of $50 miles
An exceptionally hard rain fell here
during the afternoon, every water hole
being filed.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20

THE Houston Post predicts that this
will be the largest crop year in Texas
since 1882.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20

WHEN United States mail hacks are
washed down the stream in West Texas,
it is time to forget the drouth.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20

FACTORIES and plenty of them is what
Fort Worth is after.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
HOMEyREMEDY,

Unequaled by &qy otheS. The Regulator IS (.
best proven tiVeSa1d pFapsratory medicine. y
matter what tfie;s4aEcg;a dose of IL will aEoi..
relief and in ordintfg eases viii effect a spee-
cure Its use for over half 8 century by tno-
sands otpeople has Ndorsed IL as the bes..i
s'The yafte of sSousehold remedy cor
stats in fh4AecessfLility as well as its ell
caey, and 8HHyr attaCkss4of sdisease are
WaIded off bysconyenient medicines. sin.
mons Liver Regulator Is q most valUaa,
madame to have in the house, and a
heaftfT recommend 1t as the ounce Of pr
.sHentf so m1rch talked OF and Wisi 81
for."-Fsis W, NOrrell, Principal a. rTL1
Grammerschool, Frankfort Pa. =
Demand thSgenuine with tradet -
red In front Of wrapper,
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20

What a wonderful boom the grape
growing and wine-making business has
had in Texas in the last three or four
weeks To believe the ants, our leading
industry is the making of wine from ma
tive grapes, which industry is to be de-
stroyed by prohibition. BY the way,
what was the amount of moEey brought
into Texas by expectations of native
wines last year?-[Wills PORT News.